ISSN 1076-9005
Volume 25, 2018
The Authorship of the Vinaya and Abhidhamma Commentaries: A Response to von Hinüber
Ven. Pandita (Burma)
University of Kelaniya
Von Hinüber claims in his recent article, “Early Scripture Commentary,” which is included in Brill’s Encyclopedia of Buddhism, that: (1) Buddhaghosa is the author of the commentaries on four nikāyas, but (2) not of other commentaries traditionally attributed to him. I agree with (1) but not with (2). On the contrary, I believe it is highly probable that the Vinaya and Abhidhamma commentaries have come from Buddhaghosa. I will give in this article the reasons for this belief.